HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/06/14 Bremerton, Washington. April 6th 1914.
i~egular meeting of the City Council called to order by ~[ayor Cady at ~ight o'cl~k
p.m~. all members being present.
~.,[inutes of previous se~.~sion read and approved after being corrected to show that
hearing in connection with enlargement off L.I.D. ~62 had been continued until April
13th 1914.
Letter and d~,ft of Ordinance received from I~'M Victor Place,petitioning for franc-
hise for gas plmn~tm~d on motion of Kost and Ward s~e w~s referred to Fr~chise and
Ordinance ~ommittee.
i~ir C. ~,~. Clausen 625 Second Street entered a complaint against a teamster,whose
name he did no~ ~ow, for d~ping a lot of broken concrete in the alley in rear
his property, Complaint referred to ~treet and alley committee.
License and revenue co~muittee reported that the pool ro~ a~ 321 Pacific had some
card rooms in rear which was in violation of City ordinance and that new occupants
had promised to have Same closed,but co~ittee desired more time before submitting
reco~endeatin~s on application for license.
Clerk read a proposed ordinance providing for the lincensing of ~ogs and providinc
penalties for allowing cattle and fowl to r~ at large; proposed ordinance was disc~.
ssed at grea~ ~ength; a motion was introduced by ~ard and Worth ~e make the licen-
se fee ~l. and ;,~,~. and on roll call being taken the motion was declared lost as ,all
the other members voted in the negative.
~[qtion by Kost and ~,,~orth to refer the ordinance back to the co~mnittee, carried.
Ce~etery co~mittee reported progress in co~ection with the pricing of lots and
requested Purchasing co~ittee to get more clover seed.
i,~r Jes~sup complained that the chairman of p~chasing co~ittee had discriminated
a~'ainst his co mpany in the m~tter of printing, the chairman of the co~m~ittee denied
thmecharge,and stated that he had always looked eu$ for the interest of the City in
~ro curing supplie s.
Itealth and Sanitation committee recommended ~hat 500 hunde~d copies of "garbage
rdinance be prin~ed for the convenience ~d on motion of Ward ~d ~,,iegillivray the
~mtter was referred to the purchasing co.nitres with power te act.
I~[ayor Cady reported that co:~tttee of the whole had met on last thursday evening
to consider ma~ters in co~ection with the ~icipal wharf and the resi~ation of
the wharfinger, and that during the discussion the resignation was withdraE, the
committee would thereffore report back to the co.oil without recommendation.
l',[otion by Kost and m[~ard that ~arfinger be allowed to withdraw resi~ation,was
ruled out of order by the Mayor for the reason that l~r Pudom had already withdra~
his resignation.
Hotion by ~,,[cGillivray and'~7orth that Mr ~rdom be asked to resin, carried on
roll call as follows: Worth,~owers,McGillivray and Reeves, Yes. ]%'ard,Kost and Foss
No.
Clerk reported that he had received the report of the ',;~arfinger for the month
ended NDrch Zlst showing that he had collected about ~VO0. and had turned over during
the month ~>600. Clerk also submitted report of Police Juege for the month of March
ahd check to cover receipts ~ounting to ~418.6[~;ee&-.~ reports were referred
the Finance committ~e.
Letter read from the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Comply relative to claim of
City for Telephone service and s~e was referred to ~he City Attorney.
i~Iotion by Powers and ~:;~orth to allow all bills which had previously been approved
by the finance committee, carried; the following bills were approved,
Bremerton Light Co. $186.41 Bremerton I~e and Fuel
Harry G. P~ost ' .......... ~
~Z4.20~~rank Melzer ~18. ~rank Townsend ',;~15. Leon ~bert ~15.
Icc. Clay ,[;15. Jacob Uedge f~].~. Ford Bros. ()6. Fred S.Hathaway :~2.65 Searchlight ~b.
~. f. coder ~20. Chas.Meston ,~2. E. R. 0aughie ;~18.
Mayor Cady appointed Mr J. E. Joder to succeed l~r J. S. Purdom as b~arfinger.
~,,~otion by .'~ard and Reeves to confi~ appointment of Mr J.E.Joder, carried.
~,~otion by Powers and Reeves to adjourn, 0arried.